Pat: Attached as a word document is FBI document request no. 12. Please callYoel Tobin at 202-331-4071 with any questions about this request and to arrangefor production. Feel free to call Dan or me as well if any issues arise.Thanks. Steve

FBI DOCUMENT REQUEST NO. 12

The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (the "Commission") requests that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI or the "respondent") provide the Commission with copies of the following documents no later than September 26, 2003 (the "production date"):Thomas H. Kean 1. Any documents that were relied upon in compiling the al Qaeda HAIR organizational charts provided to the Commission staff at the September 8, 2003 roundtable discussion.Lee H. Hamilton The Commission requests that these documents be provided in EnglishVICE CHAIR translation.

Elichard Ben-Veniste The Commission requests that the documents requested above be provided as soon as they are available, even though all requested documents may not beMax Cleland provided at the same time, through means of a "rolling" production.

Fred F. Fielding If any requested documents are withheld from production, even temporarily,Jamie S. Gorelick based on an alleged claim of privilege or for any other reason, the Commission requests that the respondent, as soon as possible and in no event later than the production date, identify and describe each such document orSlade Gorton class of documents, as well as the alleged basis for not producing it, with sufficient specificity to allow a meaningful challenge to any suchJohn Lehman withholding.Timothy J. Roemer If the respondent does not have possession, custody or control of any requested documents but has information about where such documents mayJames R. Thompson be located, the Commission requests that the respondent provide such information as soon as possible and in no event later than the production date.Philip D. Zelikow If the respondent has any questions or concerns about the interpretation orEXECUTIVE scope of these document requests, the Commission requests that any suchDIRECTOR questions or concerns be raised with the Commission as soon as possible so that any such issues can be addressed and resolved prior to the production date.

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FBI Document Request No.

The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States ("theCommission") requests that the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI orthe "respondent") provide the Commission with copies of the following materials no laterthan September , 2003 (the "production date"):

any documents that were relied upon in compiling the Al Qaeda organizational charts that were provided to Commission staffers by an FBI agent during a September 8, 2003 roundtable discussion.

We request that the foregoing documents be provided in English translation.

The Commission further requests that the documents requested above be provided as soon as they are available, even though all requested documents may not be provided at the same time, through means of a "rolling" production.

If any requested documents are withheld from production, even temporarily, based on an alleged claim of privilege or for any other reason, the Commission requests that the respondent, as soon as possible and in any event no later than the production date, identify and describe each document or class of documents, as well as the alleged basis for not producing it, with sufficient specificity to allow a meaningful challenge to any such withholding.

If the respondent does not have possession, custody or control of any requested documents but has information about where such documents may be located, the Commission requests that the respondent provide such information as soon as possible and in no event later than the production date.

If the respondent has any questions or concerns about the interpretation or scope of these document requests, the Commission requests that any such questions or concerns be raised with the Commission as soon as possible so that any such issues can be addressed and resolved prior to the production date.